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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bolingbroke specifically promise to "weed and pluck away" in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Green.
(b) Bushy and Bagot.
(c) Richard.
(d) All of the above.

2. Who was Richard's uncle and Gaunt's brother?
(a) The Duke of Kent.
(b) The Duke of Lancaster.
(c) Lord Edmonton of Bath.
(d) The Duke of Gloucester.

3. "Well, he is gone, and with him go these thoughts." Who says this?
(a) Richard.
(b) Green.
(c) Lord Aumerle.
(d) Bagot.

4. "What my tongue speaks my right drawn sword may prove." Who says this?
(a) Mowbray.
(b) Bolingbroke.
(c) Richard.
(d) Gaunt.

5. For whom does Richard reduce Bolingbroke's sentence?
(a) The Duchess of Gloucester.
(b) Gaunt.
(c) Lord Marshal.
(d) The Queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Richard use to describe Bolingbroke that is condescending?

2. Why does Gaunt seem aloof to his brother's death?

3. What do Northumberland, Ross, and Willoughby discuss after Richard leaves Act 2, Scene 1?

4. Who does Mowbray admit to have scheming against in the past?

5. What is the major concern of Act 2, Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Richard ultimately respond to the conflict of Act 1, Scene 1?

2. Describe Bushy, Bagot, and Green's different plans at the end of Act 2, Scene 2.

3. What do we learn has occurred in Northumberland's circle of Percy and the Duke of Worcester in Act 2, Scene 3? How does Percy introduce himself to Bolingbroke?

4. What do Richard and the Queen seem to be more pained by: losing the monarchy or each other? Why?

5. Why does the Captain think Richard is dead?

6. Who is Bolingbroke looking for in Act 5, Scene 3? Describe what you know of this person.

7. Summarize Bushy and Greens' final moments.

8. How is Act 1, Scene 1 different after the revelations of Scene 2?

9. What is Bolingbroke going to do to Bushy and Green in Act 3, Scene 1? What are his reasons for doing so?

10. Who in Act 2, Scene 4 tries to persuade the other to remain waiting for Richard? Why?

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